If House Bill 1279 passes, can chain grocery stores buy liquor in bulk for all of their locations in the state?
No. Under House Bill 1279, grocery stores would be subject to the same restrictions in federal and state law as any other liquor store. Each retail liquor license in Colorado is treated as a stand-alone license for alcohol beverage product ordering and delivery purposes. As such, all deliveries of alcohol beverage products can only be made to the retailers licensed premises. Deliveries to a retailers centralized warehouse for redistribution are prohibited under Colorado law. Therefore a grocery chain couldnt order a large volume of alcohol beverage products at a volume discount price, have them delivered to its centralized warehouse and then redeliver the products to the stores in its chain. Under Colorado law, wholesalers price their product sales based on volume discounts that are based on deliveries to a specific retail licensed location. An alcohol beverage wholesaler or manufacturer is prohibited from giving a retailer any rebates or kickbacks based on the volume of alcohol bevera
